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"We asked AI if AI could do our engineering and AI said yes so we fired the engineers because AI said it would work. If only there were someone that could've told us this was a bad idea beforehand!"
You cut out the worst part of all. They thought that by giving it engineering texts and telling it to follow them, that an LLM could replace an engineer. Literally, "ignore previous instructions. Here is everything you'd learn as an engineer. Don't make mistakes. Design a cost efficient car."
Executives arent leading a company because they're smart...
Indeed